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THE BOOK OF THE PROPHET<br/>
<span class=large>ISAIAH</span>
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CHAPTER 66
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At the Second Coming, Israel, as a nation, shall be born in a day; the wicked shall be destroyed; and the Gentiles shall hear the gospel.
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Thus</span> saith the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>, The heaven <i>is</i> my <sup>a</sup><a href="isa/66/1a" mark="a" type="C" title="Matt. 5: 34; TG Kingdom of God, in Heaven.">throne</a>, and the earth <i>is</i> my footstool: where <i>is</i> the house that ye build unto me?  and where <i>is</i> the place of my rest?
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For all those <i>things</i> hath mine hand made, and all those <i>things</i> have been, saith the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>: but to this <i>man</i> will I look, <i>even</i> to <i>him that is</i> poor and of a <sup>a</sup><a href="isa/66/2a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Contrite Heart.">contrite</a> spirit, and trembleth at my word.
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<sup>a</sup><a href="isa/66/3a" mark="a" type="E" title="IE The same person both sacrifices and yet sins; cp.:; James 3: 9-12.">He</a> that killeth an ox <i>is as if</i> he slew a man; he that sacrificeth a lamb, <i>as if</i> he cut off a dog’s neck; he that offereth an oblation, <i>as if he offered</i> swine’s blood; he that burneth incense, <i>as if</i> he blessed an idol.  Yea, they have chosen their own ways, and their soul delighteth in their abominations.
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I also will <sup>a</sup><a href="isa/66/4a" mark="a" type="D" title="IE The LORD will respond to their evils and punish them.">choose</a> their delusions, and will bring their fears upon them; because when I <sup>b</sup><a href="isa/66/4b" mark="b" type="A" title="Isa. 65: 12.">called</a>, none did answer; when I spake, they did not hear: but they did evil before mine eyes, and chose <i>that</i> in which I delighted not.
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&#182; Hear the word of the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>, ye that tremble at his word; your brethren that hated you, that <sup>a</sup><a href="isa/66/5a" mark="a" type="A" title="Luke 6: 22.">cast</a> you out for my name’s sake, said, Let the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> be <sup>b</sup><a href="isa/66/5b" mark="b" type="A" title="2 Thes. 1: 10 (9-10).">glorified</a>: but he shall appear to your joy, and they shall be ashamed.
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A voice of noise from the city, a voice from the temple, a voice of the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> that rendereth recompence to his enemies.
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<sup>a</sup><a href="isa/66/7a" mark="a" type="D" title="IE Zion will suddenly be repopulated (v. 7-9).">Before</a> she <sup>b</sup><a href="isa/66/7b" mark="b" type="A" title="Micah 4: 10.">travailed</a>, she brought forth; before her pain came, she was delivered of a man <sup>c</sup><a href="isa/66/7c" mark="c" type="A" title="Rev. 12: 2 (1-5).">child</a>.
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Who hath heard such a thing?  who hath seen such things?  Shall the earth be made to bring forth in one day?  <i>or</i> shall a nation be born at once?  for as soon as Zion travailed, she brought forth her children.
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Shall I bring to the birth, and not cause to bring forth?  saith the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>: shall I cause to bring forth, and shut <i>the womb?</i>  saith thy God.
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Rejoice ye with Jerusalem, and be glad with her, all ye that love her: rejoice for joy with her, all ye that mourn for her:
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That ye may suck, and be satisfied with the breasts of her consolations; that ye may milk out, and be delighted with the abundance of her glory.
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For thus saith the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>, Behold, I will extend peace to her <sup>a</sup><a href="isa/66/12a" mark="a" type="D" title="IE abundantly.">like</a> a river, and the glory of the <sup>b</sup><a href="isa/66/12b" mark="b" type="A" title="D&C 35: 7.">Gentiles</a> like a flowing stream: then shall ye suck, ye shall be borne upon <i>her</i> sides, and be dandled upon <i>her</i> knees.
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As one whom his <sup>a</sup><a href="isa/66/13a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Marriage, Motherhood.">mother</a> comforteth, so will I <sup>b</sup><a href="isa/66/13b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG Comfort.">comfort</a> you; and ye shall be <sup>c</sup><a href="isa/66/13c" mark="c" type="B" title="TG Israel, Restoration of.">comforted</a> in Jerusalem.
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And when ye see <i>this,</i> your heart shall rejoice, and your bones shall flourish like an herb: and the <sup>a</sup><a href="isa/66/14a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Protection, Divine.">hand</a> of the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> shall be known toward his servants, and <i>his</i> <sup>b</sup><a href="isa/66/14b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG God, Indignation of.">indignation</a> toward his enemies.
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For, behold, the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> will come with <sup>a</sup><a href="isa/66/15a" mark="a" type="A" title="D&C 29: 12 (12, 21, 28); D&C 130: 7; D&C 133: 41.">fire</a>, and with his <sup>b</sup><a href="isa/66/15b" mark="b" type="A" title="Abr. 2: 7.">chariots</a> like a whirlwind, to render his anger with fury, and his rebuke with flames of fire.
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For by fire and by his <sup>a</sup><a href="isa/66/16a" mark="a" type="C" title="Deut. 32: 41; Isa. 27: 1; TG War.">sword</a> will <sup>b</sup><a href="isa/66/16b" mark="b" type="P" title="HEB all flesh be judged by the LORD.">the</a><span class='smallcaps'> Lord</span> <sup>c</sup><a href="isa/66/16c" mark="c" type="A" title="Jer. 25: 31; Ezek. 38: 22; Joel 3: 2.">plead</a> with all flesh: and the <sup>d</sup><a href="isa/66/16d" mark="d" type="A" title="Jer. 25: 33.">slain</a> of the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> shall be many.
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They that sanctify themselves, and purify themselves in the gardens behind one <i>tree</i> in the midst, eating swine’s flesh, and the <sup>a</sup><a href="isa/66/17a" mark="a" type="D" title="Several examples of forbidden practices are listed here.">abomination</a>, and the <sup>b</sup><a href="isa/66/17b" mark="b" type="A" title="Lev. 11: 29.">mouse</a>, shall be consumed together, saith the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>.
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For I <sup>a</sup><a href="isa/66/18a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG God, Omniscience of."><i>know</i></a> their <sup>b</sup><a href="isa/66/18b" mark="b" type="A" title="Rev. 3: 15 (15-16).">works</a> and their thoughts: it shall come, that I will gather <sup>c</sup><a href="isa/66/18c" mark="c" type="A" title="Ps. 86: 9.">all</a> nations and tongues; and they shall come, and see my glory.
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And I will set a <sup>a</sup><a href="isa/66/19a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Ensign.">sign</a> among them, and I will send those that escape of them unto the nations, <i>to</i> Tarshish, Pul, and <sup>b</sup><a href="isa/66/19b" mark="b" type="A" title="Jer. 46: 9; Ezek. 27: 10; Ezek. 30: 5.">Lud</a>, that draw the bow, <i>to</i> Tubal, and Javan, <i>to</i> the isles afar off, that have not heard my fame, neither have seen my glory; and they shall <sup>c</sup><a href="isa/66/19c" mark="c" type="B" title="TG Israel, Mission of.">declare</a> my glory among the <sup>d</sup><a href="isa/66/19d" mark="d" type="B" title="TG Gentiles.">Gentiles</a>.
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And they shall bring all your brethren <i>for</i> an <sup>a</sup><a href="isa/66/20a" mark="a" type="A" title="Isa. 60: 7.">offering</a> unto the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> out of all nations upon horses, and in chariots, and in litters, and upon mules, and upon swift beasts, to my holy mountain Jerusalem, saith the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>, as the children of Israel bring an offering in a clean vessel into the house of the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>.
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And I will also take of them for <sup>a</sup><a href="isa/66/21a" mark="a" type="A" title="Isa. 61: 6.">priests</a> <i>and</i> for Levites, saith the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>.
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For as the <sup>a</sup><a href="isa/66/22a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Earth, Renewal of.">new</a> heavens and the new earth, which I will make, shall remain before me, saith the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>, so shall your <sup>b</sup><a href="isa/66/22b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG Israel, Blessings of.">seed</a> and your name remain.
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And it shall come to pass, <i>that</i> from one new moon to another, and from one sabbath to another, shall all flesh come to <sup>a</sup><a href="isa/66/23a" mark="a" type="A" title="Zech. 14: 16.">worship</a> before me, saith the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>.
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And they shall go forth, and look upon the carcases of the men that have transgressed against me: for their <sup>a</sup><a href="isa/66/24a" mark="a" type="A" title="Mark 9: 48 (43-48); D&C 76: 44.">worm</a> shall not die, neither shall their <sup>b</sup><a href="isa/66/24b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG Hell.">fire</a> be quenched; and they shall be an abhorring unto all flesh.
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